Buchanan man given 15 year term for drug distribution
Matthew Cotton Rasnake, 26, of Prater section Buchanan County, received a 100 year sentence on five counts of distributing a schedule II substance and two counts of conspiracy. 85 years were suspended, leaving 15 years plus five years supervised probation. Commonwealth Attorney Tamara Neo praised the Drug Task Force and noted several cases headed to federal court for higher penalties.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Matthew
Rasnake
Prater
Commonwealth
Tamara Neo
Neo
Ers
Caruth re elected as Senate Minority Leader in WV
Mercer County resident Donald T. Caruth was re elected as West Virginia Senate Minority Leader during the 79th Legislative Session. The Athens resident, first a House member in 2003, was re elected to the 10th District seat in 2004 and again in 2008. He outlined duties on select committees and speaking for Republicans in session and year round. Caruth and his wife Laura have five daughters and live in Athens.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Senate
West Virginia
Donald T. Caruth
Mercer
House of Delegates
Senate Republican
Caruth
Athens
House
Judiciary
Laura
Bluewell and Brushfork post boxes vanish on Route 52
Bluewell residents awoke Tuesday to missing collection boxes along U S Route 52 at Kroger Brushfork and the former Bluewell post office with a fourth on Coal Heritage Road hit by a car. USPS says nationwide removals occur when box mail falls below efficiency thresholds and promises replacements where feasible.
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Brushfork
U.S. Postal Service
Skip Crane
Kroger
Burger King
Baker Insurance
Crane
David Walton
Walton
Route 52
U.S. Route 52
Coal Heritage Road
Senator Caruth Honored by Princeton-Mercer Chamber
The Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce awarded Senator Don Caruth a resolution at the November board meeting, praising his selection as Legislator of the Year by the Business & Industry Council of West Virginia. The resolution credits his seven years in the House and Senate, leadership as minority leader, and advocacy for Southern West Virginia.
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Senator Caruth
Princeton-Mercer County
Judge delays retrial in McDowell County murder case
McDowell County man Anthony Ray Whitt 27 of Cucumber faces second degree murder charges in Dorothy Mitchell's 2001 death. Judge Rudolph J Murensky II moved the trial to Tuesday March 31 after defense sought a continuance. Mitchell died from blunt force trauma. Whitt’s 2002 conviction was overturned in 2007 by the West Virginia Supreme Court for denying Whitt the right to call a witness. A retrial earlier this year ended in a mistrial due to a juror's medical illness.
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Mitchell
Whitt
West Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
McDowell County
MountainHeart Child Care Training Today in Princeton
MountainHeart Community Services will hold training at the Workforce WV Career Center on 195 Davis St for family day care providers center staff and prospective day care providers. Sessions cover Getting Families Involved in Child Care from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m and Lessons In After School Foundations of a Successful Homework Program from 2 to 4 p.m. Pre-register by calling Reba or Missy at 866 872 9204 or 304 872 9200.
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Princeton MountainHeart Child Care Services
MountainHeart Community Services
Workforce
WV Career Center
Davis St
Reba
Missy
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